For the first time since Dec. 31, 2018, UConn women’s basketball is the AP’s No. 1 team in the country. The Huskies claim the top spot after Stanford — the previous top team in the nation — fell to unranked Texas yesterday. UConn received 19 first-place votes, far outpacing No. 2 Oregon (five first-place votes), No. 3 Oregon State (four) and No. 4 South Carolina (one).
Overall, the Huskies have spent 247 weeks at No. 1, the most all-time. The last time UConn wasn’t ranked was the final poll of the 1992-93 season and since then, the Huskies have held the number one spot at some point in 21 of those last 26 seasons.